I read that these are known to eat the acro red bugs (about as much as a leopard wrasse is known to eat red flat worms....)
We found the little red/yellow nasties on a couple of our corals this afternoon, took out abut half a dozen and dipped em, baster blasted and put them back... so far so good, but I know there are more. It is odd since the bugs seemed to pick and choose the corals to infect. I checked the majority of the corals in tank with the ogles mesoscope, and the corals I could remove with a regular magnifying glass (plastic framed and kept by the tank for just this purpose). The heaviest infestation was from an LFS bought frag, from back before we religiously dipped and inspected all corals (ahhh, the good old blissfully ignorant days.....).
Wanting to give the pipefish a run in both the prop and main display tank, but not having alot of luck finding them in stock.. anyone have any direct experience with these fish and the red bugs ? or know of an LFS that has any in stock ? Thanks
http://ww.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=282
P.S. I am well aware of the husbandry requirements for the pipefish. I have done tons of research on them and this species in particular. Just to note that before anyone asks
We found the little red/yellow nasties on a couple of our corals this afternoon, took out abut half a dozen and dipped em, baster blasted and put them back... so far so good, but I know there are more. It is odd since the bugs seemed to pick and choose the corals to infect. I checked the majority of the corals in tank with the ogles mesoscope, and the corals I could remove with a regular magnifying glass (plastic framed and kept by the tank for just this purpose). The heaviest infestation was from an LFS bought frag, from back before we religiously dipped and inspected all corals (ahhh, the good old blissfully ignorant days.....).
Wanting to give the pipefish a run in both the prop and main display tank, but not having alot of luck finding them in stock.. anyone have any direct experience with these fish and the red bugs ? or know of an LFS that has any in stock ? Thanks
http://ww.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=282
P.S. I am well aware of the husbandry requirements for the pipefish. I have done tons of research on them and this species in particular. Just to note that before anyone asks